Increase in the use of lung stereotactic body radiotherapy without a preceding biopsy in the United States

Re-evaluation of the Role of Postoperative Radiotherapy and the Impact of Radiation Dose for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Using the National Cancer Database

“…8 The data used in this study are derived from a de-identified NCDB file, The American College of Surgeons and the Commission on Cancer have not verified and are neither responsible for the analytic or statistical methodology employed nor the conclusions drawn from these data by the investigator. The NCDB records information regarding approximately 70% of newly diagnosed cancers in the United States, including treatment details such as sequencing of therapies, dose, technique, and target.…”

Assessment of National Practice for Palliative Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases Suggests Marked Underutilization of Single-Fraction Regimens in the United States

“…It contains deidentified information from approximately 70% of newly diagnosed cancers in the United States. The NCDB contains information that is unavailable in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, including treatment details pertaining to radiation therapy dose, technique, and target (16). The data used in this study are derived from a deidentified NCDB file.…”

An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement: A Research Framework for Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation and Management

“…However, there are no randomized trials comparing ablative therapies to surgery (67), and recent studies of SBRT versus sublobar resection were terminated early due to poor accrual (68). Because of the risks and challenges of biopsy in marginal surgical candidates, many patients with nodules undergo ablative therapy without a diagnosis of lung cancer (69). It will be important to compare the efficacy and effectiveness of emerging therapies to surgery to guide decision-making about the risks and benefits of different evaluation strategies and treating patients with pulmonary nodules that may not be cancerous.…”